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Polysemous - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
Definitions of polysemous. adjective. of words; having many meanings . synonyms: polysemantic. ambiguous.
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POLYSEMOUS Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
: having multiple meanings; polysemy pə-ˈli-sə-mē ˈpä-lē-ˌsē-mē noun Examples of polysemous in a Sentence
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Polysemy - Wikipedia
Polysemy is the capacity for a sign (e.g. a symbol, morpheme, word, or phrase) to have multiple related meanings. For example, a word can have several word ...
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polysemous
polysemous, a. (pɒlɪˈsiːməs) [Orig. f. med.L. polysēm-us (Dante), a. Gr. πολύσηµ-ος of many senses, f. πολυ-, poly- + σῆµα sign, σηµαίνειν to signify; in modern linguistic use, prob. reformed on polysemy + -ous.] Having many meanings; spec. in Linguistics, = polysemic a.1884 Athenæum 17 May 628/2 Wh...
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POLYSEMOUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
A polysemous word has more than one meaning: a highly polysemous word such as "play". The term "right" is polysemic and ambiguous.
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polysemous - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Medieval Latin polysēmus, from Ancient Greek πολύσημος (polúsēmos), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “I signify, mean”).
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Analyzing polysemous concepts from a clinical perspective
The objective of this study is to analyze polysemous concepts in the UMLS through their categorization and hierarchical relations for auditing purposes.
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polysemous, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
polysemous is of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Probably also partly formed within Eglish, by derivation.
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POLYSEMOUS definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
adjective (of a single word) having several meanings or interpretations. The word polysemous is derived from polysemy, shown below.
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Polysemous - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Originating from Greek polysemos via Medieval Latin, this word means having many meanings or being polysemic.
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Come up with a sentence for the following definition: Polysemous
Polysemous words are words with multiple meanings.
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Persistence (linguistics)
This relationship is often completely opaque by the stage of morphologisation, but during intermediate stages it may be expected that a form will be polysemous
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polysemy
polysemy Linguistics. (ˈpɒlɪsiːmɪ) Also in mod.L. form polyˈsemia. [ad. F. polysémie (M. Bréal Essai de Sémantique (1897) xiv. 155), f. med.L. polysēmus (see polysemous a.): see -y3, -ia1.] The fact of having several meanings; the possession of multiple meanings.1900 N. Cust tr. Bréal's Semantics xi...
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Homonym
A distinction is sometimes made between true homonyms, which are unrelated in origin, such as skate (glide on ice) and skate (the fish), and polysemous The distinction between polysemy and homonymy is often subtle and subjective, and not all sources consider polysemous words to be homonyms.
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Groupe μ
Some of their early work in the 1960s dealt with linguistically oriented topics such as polysemous language, and the nature of synecdoche and metaphor.
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